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Editore: TOMLINSON BROTHERS, CHICAGO, IL, 1870
Da: Aah Rare Chicago, Glenview, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: GOOD CONDITION. 282 PAGES. .ROSE COLORED PEBBLED CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GOLD STAMPED TITLE ON THE SPINE. THE SPINE IS SUN FADED. PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOK LABEL REMOVED FROM THE FIRST FREE END PAGE WITH RESIDUAL GLUE REMNANTS AND CHIPPING OF THE PAGE EDGES. THERE ARE 4 FULL PAGE B/W ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS. THE AUTHOR IS ANONYMOUS BUT ON THE TITLE PAGE IS A PRINTED STATEMENT" BY THE AUTHOR OF "LUKE DARRELL, THE CHICAGO NEWSBOY;" "MABEL ROSS, THE SEWING GIRL," ETC. ALSO, THERE IS A PENCILLED NOTATION "ALSO USED THE PSEUD. OF RUBY RHEA " A WELL KNOWN CHICAGO WOMAN." THE PUBLISHER WAS A NOTED PRINTER OF RELIGIOUS MATERIAL IN PRE-FIRE CHICAGO. THIS BOOK'S FIRST EDITION WAS 1866 AND THAT AS WELL AS THIS LATER EDITION IS NOT NOTED IN THE AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY (AII) OF PRE-FIRE CHICAGO IMPRINTS. THE STORY CENTERS ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A VERY POOR 9 YEAR OLD FARM GIRL AND HER 13 YEAR OLD BROTHER WHO MOVE TO THE TOWN AND WHOSE FATHER IS A DRUNK. THERE ARE RELIGIOUS OVERTONES IN THE BOOK Size: 4 1/2" X 6 7/8".